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Emil Dill (15 April 1861,
Pratteln
Pratteln (Swiss German: ''Brattele'') is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, located in the district of Liestal (district), Liestal.
History
Pratteln is first me ...
- 23 May 1938,
Liestal
Liestal (, Standard ), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, south of Basel.
Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town.
The official language of Li ...
) was a Swiss painter,
watercolorist
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...
and art teacher.
Biography
He was born to a family of merchants. He began his training in 1877 at the (a type of trade school) in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
. The following year, he learned pattern drawing at Baur & Sohn, a strap and ribbon manufacturer, headquartered in
Wuppertal
Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...
. While there,
Fritz Schider
Fritz Schider or Schieder (13 February 1846, Salzburg - 15 March 1907, Basel) was an Austrian painter, engraver and art teacher.
Biography
He was born to a middle-class family of manufacturers. After completing his basic education, he entered ...
, a local drawing teacher, noticed his talent. From 1881 to 1883, he studied at the
State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
The State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart (German: Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart) is a university in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded on 25 June 1761, and located since 1946 on the Weißenhof, the Academy, whose historical sig ...
, then transferred to the
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
The State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe () is an art school located in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
The Academy was founded in 1854 by Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, with the landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer as ...
, where he studied with
Ferdinand Keller.
In 1885, he and his friend,
Emil Beurmann, set out for Paris to enroll at the
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...
, where they planned to study with
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (; 30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female ...
and
Tony Robert-Fleury
Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 18378 December 1911) was a French painter, known primarily for historical scenes. He was also a prominent art teacher, with many famous artists among his students.
Biography
He was born just outside Paris, and st ...
. On the advice of
Lovis Corinth
Lovis Corinth (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism.
Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin Se ...
, Dill continued his education at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
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, where he worked with
Ludwig von Löfftz
Ludwig von Löfftz (21 June 1845 – 3 December 1910) was a German genre and landscape painter.
Biography
He was born at Darmstadt. He was a pupil of August von Kreling and Karl Raupp at Nuremberg, then of Wilhelm von Diez at the Academy of F ...
. He was there from 1887 to 1888. He became an illustrator for the ''
Nebelspalter
The ''Nebelspalter'' is a Swiss satirical magazine, which also has a political orientation in its online platform. It was founded in 1875 by Jean Nötzli of Zurich as an "''illustrated humorous political weekly''." The magazine was modelled on ...
'', a satirical magazine, in 1890.
After a stay in Basel, he returned to Munich in 1892, where he studied architecture and structural engineering at the
Königlich Bayerischen Technischen Hochschule. Two years later, he and his friend, Albert Fierz (1861-?), opened an art school in Zürich, but a year later he obtained a professorship at the
gymnasium in
Zug
, neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri
, twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina)
Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ...
. He taught drawing,
calligraphy
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and mathematics there until 1935, when he resigned.
In 1897, he married Marie Bohny, who often served as his model. They had two daughters. He became a member of the "Künstlervereinigung Zürich" (an artists' association) in 1901 and, in 1902, was awarded a gold medal at the
Glaspalast in Munich. From 1903 to 1906, he wrote and published a treatise ''On the Development of the Fine Arts''.
In 1937, he and his family moved to Liestal, where he died the following year.
Further reading
* Georg M. Hilbi: ''Emil Dill (1861–1938)''. Chronos Verlag, Zürich 2015,
* Georg M. Hilbi: ''Emil Dill. Der Künstler als Chronist und Illustrator''. Chronos Verlag, Zürich 2017,
External links
Biography & Works@ SIKArt
Timeline and images@ ZugArt
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Biographical sketch@ Personenlexikon
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1861 births
1938 deaths
Swiss painters
Swiss illustrators